Certification (FYI)

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Certifications in all areas of IT consulting are becoming more prevalent, but which ones really make a difference in pay and hiring trends, here is the answer from new research and analysis at certmag.com and our own research into the 3,000+ new requests for IT consultants over the last year:

Roles where the right certification secures the position or increases the rate:

9 v% t- y# X2 s/ f- ZSecurity Specialist - CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professionals) Cisco Network Specialist - CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) Systems Administrator - MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) Breakfix hardware technician - A+ SAP Functional Expert - SAP Certification in the module required i.e. FI/CO, MM, HR, PM
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Roles where certification can help:
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2 l6 D% q# m: _( Q  D0 {4 qProject Management - PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) Database Administrator - OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java developer SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer)

Roles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:

Business Analysis
Most Software Development
: s, r+ z8 a/ m7 r( ]Quality Assurance
Technical/Web Writing
9 S/ {& z/ m' ]* M  P; V+ H" L% s* pBusiness Intelligence

( R9 U8 |' p" N5 S. u9 E5 ^The top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:

  ~: ?" L% }* H( s2 pMCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
3 e2 u" G7 h. o) `MCT      - average $11,723 increase
CCNA     - average $9967 increase
CNE      - average $7262 increase
MCP+     - average $7072 increase
  F0 B* K% Z# p# RCNA      - average $7061 increase
Network+ - average $6487 increase
A+       - average $5134 increase

0 U3 Z2 a9 H: E! C( \9 P- ZThe only professional certification in Canada is the Information Systems Professional (I.S.P.) designation from CIPS. More information can be found at www.cips.ca/standards on this designation and the impact it can have on your marketability as a consultant.
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Humor

Top 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:
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10. "That's weird..."
9. "It's never done that before."
/ @/ M" d* P# d  f8. "It worked yesterday."
  ?" a2 [) X% u9 ]# o7. "You must have the wrong version."
, n; P$ i3 i. y5 L: A4 Q+ `6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
4. "Did you check for a virus?"
3. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
2. "Why do you want to do it that way?"


and finally ...
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1. "I thought I fixed that."

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